Add CDB_TableMetadata_Text view as a proxy to access FDW tablemetadata

scripts-available/CDB_ForeignTable.sql

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ BEGIN
 
     -- Bring here the remote cdb_tablemetadata
     IF NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM PG_CLASS WHERE relnamespace = (SELECT oid FROM pg_namespace WHERE nspname=fdw_name) and relname='cdb_tablemetadata') THEN
-      EXECUTE FORMAT ('CREATE FOREIGN TABLE %I.cdb_tablemetadata (tabname regclass, updated_at timestamp with time zone) SERVER %I OPTIONS (table_name ''cdb_tablemetadata'', schema_name ''public'', updatable ''false'')', fdw_name, fdw_name);
+      EXECUTE FORMAT ('CREATE FOREIGN TABLE %I.cdb_tablemetadata (tabname text, updated_at timestamp with time zone) SERVER %I OPTIONS (table_name ''cdb_tablemetadata_text'', schema_name ''public'', updatable ''false'')', fdw_name, fdw_name);
     END IF;
     EXECUTE FORMAT ('GRANT SELECT ON %I.cdb_tablemetadata TO %I', fdw_name, org_role);
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ BEGIN
 
   -- We assume that the remote cdb_tablemetadata is called cdb_tablemetadata and is on the same schema as the queried table.
   SELECT nspname FROM pg_class c, pg_namespace n WHERE c.oid=foreign_table AND c.relnamespace = n.oid INTO fdw_schema_name;
-  EXECUTE FORMAT('SELECT updated_at FROM %I.cdb_tablemetadata WHERE tabname::text=%L ORDER BY updated_at DESC LIMIT 1', fdw_schema_name, remote_table_name) INTO time;
+  EXECUTE FORMAT('SELECT updated_at FROM %I.cdb_tablemetadata WHERE tabname=%L ORDER BY updated_at DESC LIMIT 1', fdw_schema_name, remote_table_name) INTO time;
   RETURN time;
 END
 $$

scripts-available/CDB_TableMetadata.sql

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS
     updated_at timestamp with time zone not null default now()
   );
 
+CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW public.CDB_TableMetadata_Text AS
+       SELECT FORMAT('%I.%I', n.nspname::text, c.relname::text) tabname, updated_at
+       FROM public.CDB_TableMetadata, pg_catalog.pg_class c
+       LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON c.relnamespace = n.oid;
+
 -- No one can see this
 -- Updates are only possible trough the security definer trigger
 -- GRANT SELECT ON public.CDB_TableMetadata TO public;